Here is a Prezi we looked at and discussed in class today - a timely topic and related to worldview concepts we cover in class. It helped for students to look at it from a more of a historical perspective to understand why the Mayans had this calendar and how it is being interpreted.
Thursday, December 20, 2012
Monday, October 1, 2012
October 1
Welcome to October! September raced by. Thank you to those who supported the Terry Fox run. We raised a total of $206.51 in our classroom. Well Done!
Bring in items for the Thanksgiving food hamper by Wednesday. We will be taking the food hampers and loading them during/after our Thanksgiving celebration on Thursday morning.
Students worked on touching base regarding homework items and returning to some items we hadn't finished in class due to field trips and retreats.
Students attended the Sam Steele exhibit and did a great job in identifying some of the historically significant events he was part of. We will be returning to these ideas and events later in our year.
We continued to work through the introduction to the three First Nations groups we are exploring this year.
Reminders for 8C
Bring in items for the Thanksgiving food hamper by Wednesday. We will be taking the food hampers and loading them during/after our Thanksgiving celebration on Thursday morning.
Grade 7 Social Studies
Students worked on touching base regarding homework items and returning to some items we hadn't finished in class due to field trips and retreats.
Students attended the Sam Steele exhibit and did a great job in identifying some of the historically significant events he was part of. We will be returning to these ideas and events later in our year.
We continued to work through the introduction to the three First Nations groups we are exploring this year.
Students are to also complete the assignment which accompanies Chapter 1.
Grade 8 Social Studies
Students are working on a group activity to determine what medieval society was like in Europe prior to humanism. On Wednesday, students will be sharing their understandings and participating in an activity to demonstrate the social hierarchy of that period. We did watch this YouTube clip as an introduction, and will go into the roles of society members further.
Grade 8 Health/Religion
Students have started the year with a unit on Cyberbullying:
Cyber bullying presentation intro from kscheidy
We are now beginning a religion/health unit on expectations. We will be relating these concepts to decision making, our Catholic beliefs, and The Leader in Me principles.
We are now beginning a religion/health unit on expectations. We will be relating these concepts to decision making, our Catholic beliefs, and The Leader in Me principles.
Monday, September 24, 2012
Welcome to 8C
Well, it has been a busy start to the year...as usual. I am finally getting around to getting the class blog going again. Please use this site as a daily update of homework for 8C, events that are happening in our classroom, and learning that is happening in my social studies classes. I often put links to materials we have referred to in class, or embed presentations I created or used in class. You can use the tags in the sidebar to locate particular information. The YouTube videos are educational or of interest videos, again used or discussed in class throughout the year.
Welcome to 8C and I hope everyone has a wonderful year!
Kim Scheideman
Welcome to 8C and I hope everyone has a wonderful year!
Kim Scheideman
Friday, June 8, 2012
Monday, May 28, 2012
May 28, 2012
Social Studies 7
Students reviewed the homework and historical significant criteria in their analysis of the Confederation painting.
Students then completed an analysis of a political cartoon, using the steps indicated for decoding a political cartoon.
Social Studies 8
Students corrected homework regarding the social hierarchy of Japan as compared to Renaissance, Aztec and Western societies. They began watching a documentary on the the pre-samurai era and will continue watching tomorrow, up to the samurai.
Homeroom
Students used this as a homework block today.
Thursday, May 24, 2012
May 24, 2012
Social Studies 7
Students discussed the chapter 9 summary notes:
- The Red River Resistance
- Louis Riel as a Leader
- Death of Thomas Scott
- The Manitoba Act
- The Second Metis Uprising
We then looked at a series of steps to help decode a political cartoon. Students will be working on readings and notes for pages 254-267 tomorrow. They will have a political cartoon to decode to summarize their understandings of Chapter 8, on Monday.
Social Studies 8
Students discussed the worldview of Japan which encouraged and allowed isolation to occur in Japan. Students also explored the role of the Samurai and Ronin in society.
Homeroom
Students were given two handouts which need to be signed:
- Field Trip form for Social Studies
- Human Sexuality unit permission form
Please return as soon as possible.
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
May 22, 2012
Social Studies 7
Students completed their organizer to summarize the information in Chapter 8 regarding the people and issues involved in Confederation. They summarized the division of provincial and federal duties/responsibilities and other key outcomes of the British North American Act of 1867.
Social Studies 8
Students briefly discussed the Edo/Meiji timeline and discussed the similarities and differences between the eras. We looked at Chapter 12 and the geographical influences on which made isolation possible, as well at other aspects of their culture.
Religion 8
Students watched Father Catfish's homily from Sunday and his daily rant about going to Church.
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